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Microsoft and the Broken Window Theory of Economics

Microsoft is reporting (at El Reg) that by releasing an operating system it will magically create $40 Billion dollars rather than simply suck money out of Europe. They've done this by positing a story similar to the theory of "broken window" economics. Let me explain...